MIG Overshoots Runway
From Reuters
HELSINKI, Finland —
A Soviet MIG-29 fighter overshot the runway at a Finnish air show, but the pilot stopped the plane safely and was unhurt, a Finnish general staff spokesman said Thursday. He said it appeared the jet’s braking parachute opened but broke off.
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